Just why did Cro-Magnon man living in France's Dordogne Valley some 15,000 years ago take time out from the desperate business of survival to paint pictures in inaccessible corners of his cave dwellings? NOVA joins French and American archeologists as they piece together the lifestyle of these hunters of the last great Ice Age, and try to interpret the meaning of their cave art.

NOVA Season 2 Episodes...

• s02e01 - Why Do Birds Sing?
• s02e02 - How Much Do You Smell?
• s02e03 - The Hunting Of The Quark
• s02e04 - The Secrets Of Sleep
• s02e05 - Inside The Golden Gate
• s02e06 - The Men Who Painted Caves
• s02e07 - Red Sea Coral
• s02e08 - War From The Air
• s02e09 - What Time Is Your Body?
• s02e10 - The Rise And Fall Of DDT
• s02e11 - Take The World From Another Point Of View
• s02e12 - The Lysenko Affair
• s02e13 - The Tuaregs
• s02e14 - The Plutonium Connection
• s02e15 - The Other Way
• s02e16 - The Lost World Of The Maya
• s02e17 - Will The Fishing Have To Stop?

NOVA Show Summary

Seen in more than 100 countries, NOVA is the most watched science based television series in the world and the most watched documentary series on PBS. It is also one of television's most acclaimed series, having won many major television awards, most of them many times over.